Jimmie Johnson, Mark Martin Changing Car Numbers For NASCAR All-Star Race? No ...

Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin will have different car numbers for Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race - Johnson will drive the No. 5 and Martin will be in the No. 25 - because of sponsor promotions.Lowe's, to promote a five percent discount for its credit card holders, is switching Johnson's car number from 48 to 5 just for the All-Star event. Martin, meanwhile, found sponsorship from Farmers Insurance, which wants to run a throwback No. 25 paint scheme."Five percent" also happens to be the amount I like the concept of changing numbers for sponsor promotions. Switching car numbers goes far beyond just having different paint schemes from week-

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